This adds the --ignore-case option, which makes rsync compare filenames
in a case-insensitive manner.

To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:

    patch -p1 <patches/ignore-case.diff
    ./configure                            (optional if already run)
    make

TODO:

 - Make this code handle multibyte character encodings, and honor the
   --iconv setting when converting case.

based-on: 1ddcdaf3f6808ba53aef9e19f630a18808de22ac
diff --git a/exclude.c b/exclude.c
--- a/exclude.c
+++ b/exclude.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "rsync.h"
+#include "ifuncs.h"
 
 extern int verbose;
 extern int am_server;
@@ -605,16 +606,15 @@ static int rule_matches(const char *fname, struct filter_struct *ex, int name_is
 		if (litmatch_array(pattern, strings, slash_handling))
 			return ret_match;
 	} else if (anchored_match) {
-		if (strcmp(name, pattern) == 0)
+		if (ic_strEQ(name, pattern))
 			return ret_match;
 	} else {
 		int l1 = strlen(name);
 		int l2 = strlen(pattern);
-		if (l2 <= l1 &&
-		    strcmp(name+(l1-l2),pattern) == 0 &&
-		    (l1==l2 || name[l1-(l2+1)] == '/')) {
+		if (l2 <= l1
+		 && ic_strEQ(name + (l1-l2), pattern)
+		 && (l1 == l2 || name[l1 - (l2+1)] == '/'))
 			return ret_match;
-		}
 	}
 
 	return !ret_match;
diff --git a/flist.c b/flist.c
--- a/flist.c
+++ b/flist.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ extern int inc_recurse;
 extern int do_progress;
 extern int always_checksum;
 extern int module_id;
+extern int ignore_case;
 extern int ignore_errors;
 extern int numeric_ids;
 extern int recurse;
@@ -2880,6 +2881,7 @@ int f_name_cmp(const struct file_struct *f1, const struct file_struct *f2)
 {
 	int dif;
 	const uchar *c1, *c2;
+	uchar ch1, ch2;
 	enum fnc_state state1, state2;
 	enum fnc_type type1, type2;
 	enum fnc_type t_path = protocol_version >= 29 ? t_PATH : t_ITEM;
@@ -2990,7 +2992,15 @@ int f_name_cmp(const struct file_struct *f1, const struct file_struct *f2)
 			if (type1 != type2)
 				return type1 == t_PATH ? 1 : -1;
 		}
-	} while ((dif = (int)*c1++ - (int)*c2++) == 0);
+		ch1 = *c1++;
+		ch2 = *c2++;
+		if (ignore_case) {
+			if (isupper(ch1))
+				ch1 = tolower(ch1);
+			if (isupper(ch2))
+				ch2 = tolower(ch2);
+		}
+	} while ((dif = (int)ch1 - (int)ch2) == 0);
 
 	return dif;
 }
diff --git a/ifuncs.h b/ifuncs.h
--- a/ifuncs.h
+++ b/ifuncs.h
@@ -108,3 +108,38 @@ toUpper(const char *ptr)
 {
 	return toupper(*(unsigned char *)ptr);
 }
+
+static inline int
+strEQ(const char *s1, const char *s2)
+{
+	return strcmp(s1, s2) == 0;
+}
+
+static inline int
+strnEQ(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n)
+{
+	return strncmp(s1, s2, n) == 0;
+}
+
+static inline int
+ic_strEQ(const char *s1, const char *s2)
+{
+	extern int ignore_case;
+	if (ignore_case)
+		return strcasecmp(s1, s2) == 0;
+	return strcmp(s1, s2) == 0;
+}
+
+static inline int
+ic_strnEQ(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n)
+{
+	extern int ignore_case;
+	if (ignore_case)
+		return strncasecmp(s1, s2, n) == 0;
+	return strncmp(s1, s2, n) == 0;
+}
+
+#define strNE(s1,s2) (!strEQ(s1,s2))
+#define strnNE(s1,s2,n) (!strnEQ(s1,s2,n))
+#define ic_strNE(s1,s2) (!ic_strEQ(s1,s2))
+#define ic_strnNE(s1,s2) (!ic_strnEQ(s1,s2,n))
diff --git a/lib/wildmatch.c b/lib/wildmatch.c
--- a/lib/wildmatch.c
+++ b/lib/wildmatch.c
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 #define ISUPPER(c) (ISASCII(c) && isupper(c))
 #define ISXDIGIT(c) (ISASCII(c) && isxdigit(c))
 
+extern int ignore_case;
+
 #ifdef WILD_TEST_ITERATIONS
 int wildmatch_iteration_count;
 #endif
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ static int dowild(const uchar *p, const uchar *text, const uchar*const *a)
     for ( ; (p_ch = *p) != '\0'; text++, p++) {
 	int matched, special;
 	uchar t_ch, prev_ch;
+	if (ignore_case && ISUPPER(p_ch))
+	    p_ch = tolower(p_ch);
 	while ((t_ch = *text) == '\0') {
 	    if (*a == NULL) {
 		if (p_ch != '*')
@@ -237,12 +241,21 @@ static int dowild(const uchar *p, const uchar *text, const uchar*const *a)
  * of "text" and any strings in array "a". */
 static int doliteral(const uchar *s, const uchar *text, const uchar*const *a)
 {
+    uchar s_ch, t_ch;
     for ( ; *s != '\0'; text++, s++) {
 	while (*text == '\0') {
 	    if ((text = *a++) == NULL)
 		return FALSE;
 	}
-	if (*text != *s)
+	s_ch = *s;
+	t_ch = *text;
+	if (ignore_case) {
+	    if (ISUPPER(s_ch))
+		s_ch = tolower(s_ch);
+	    if (ISUPPER(t_ch))
+		t_ch = tolower(t_ch);
+	}
+	if (t_ch != s_ch)
 	    return FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -288,10 +301,14 @@ static const uchar *trailing_N_elements(const uchar*const **a_ptr, int count)
 int wildmatch(const char *pattern, const char *text)
 {
     static const uchar *nomore[1]; /* A NULL pointer. */
+    int ret;
 #ifdef WILD_TEST_ITERATIONS
     wildmatch_iteration_count = 0;
 #endif
-    return dowild((const uchar*)pattern, (const uchar*)text, nomore) == TRUE;
+    force_lower_case = ignore_case;
+    ret = dowild((const uchar*)pattern, (const uchar*)text, nomore) == TRUE;
+    force_lower_case = 0;
+    return ret;
 }
 
 /* Match the "pattern" against the forced-to-lower-case "text" string. */
@@ -331,12 +348,14 @@ int wildmatch_array(const char *pattern, const char*const *texts, int where)
     if (!text)
 	return FALSE;
 
+    force_lower_case = ignore_case;
+
     if ((matched = dowild(p, text, a)) != TRUE && where < 0
      && matched != ABORT_ALL) {
 	while (1) {
 	    if (*text == '\0') {
 		if ((text = (uchar*)*a++) == NULL)
-		    return FALSE;
+		    break;
 		continue;
 	    }
 	    if (*text++ == '/' && (matched = dowild(p, text, a)) != FALSE
@@ -344,6 +363,9 @@ int wildmatch_array(const char *pattern, const char*const *texts, int where)
 		break;
 	}
     }
+
+    force_lower_case = 0;
+
     return matched == TRUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ OFF_T max_size = 0;
 OFF_T min_size = 0;
 int ignore_errors = 0;
 int modify_window = 0;
+int ignore_case = 0;
 int blocking_io = -1;
 int checksum_seed = 0;
 int inplace = 0;
@@ -407,6 +408,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
   rprintf(F,"     --files-from=FILE       read list of source-file names from FILE\n");
   rprintf(F," -0, --from0                 all *-from/filter files are delimited by 0s\n");
   rprintf(F," -s, --protect-args          no space-splitting; only wildcard special-chars\n");
+  rprintf(F,"     --ignore-case           ignore case when comparing filenames\n");
   rprintf(F,"     --address=ADDRESS       bind address for outgoing socket to daemon\n");
   rprintf(F,"     --port=PORT             specify double-colon alternate port number\n");
   rprintf(F,"     --sockopts=OPTIONS      specify custom TCP options\n");
@@ -613,6 +615,8 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[] = {
   {"read-batch",       0,  POPT_ARG_STRING, &batch_name, OPT_READ_BATCH, 0, 0 },
   {"write-batch",      0,  POPT_ARG_STRING, &batch_name, OPT_WRITE_BATCH, 0, 0 },
   {"only-write-batch", 0,  POPT_ARG_STRING, &batch_name, OPT_ONLY_WRITE_BATCH, 0, 0 },
+  {"ignore-case",      0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &ignore_case, 1, 0, 0 },
+  {"no-ignore-case",   0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &ignore_case, 0, 0, 0 },
   {"files-from",       0,  POPT_ARG_STRING, &files_from, 0, 0, 0 },
   {"from0",           '0', POPT_ARG_VAL,    &eol_nulls, 1, 0, 0},
   {"no-from0",         0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &eol_nulls, 0, 0, 0},
@@ -1992,6 +1996,9 @@ void server_options(char **args, int *argc_p)
 		args[ac++] = arg;
 	}
 
+	if (ignore_case)
+		args[ac++] = "--ignore-case";
+
 	if (partial_dir && am_sender) {
 		if (partial_dir != tmp_partialdir) {
 			args[ac++] = "--partial-dir";
diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a complete description.  verb(
      --files-from=FILE       read list of source-file names from FILE
  -0, --from0                 all *from/filter files are delimited by 0s
  -s, --protect-args          no space-splitting; wildcard chars only
+     --ignore-case           ignore case when comparing filenames
      --address=ADDRESS       bind address for outgoing socket to daemon
      --port=PORT             specify double-colon alternate port number
      --sockopts=OPTIONS      specify custom TCP options
@@ -1519,6 +1520,10 @@ side will also be translated
 from the local to the remote character-set.  The translation happens before
 wild-cards are expanded.  See also the bf(--files-from) option.
 
+dit(bf(--ignore-case)) This option tells rsync to ignore upper-/lower-case
+differences when comparing filenames.  This can avoid problems when sending
+files to a filesystem that ignores these differences.
+
 dit(bf(-T, --temp-dir=DIR)) This option instructs rsync to use DIR as a
 scratch directory when creating temporary copies of the files transferred
 on the receiving side.  The default behavior is to create each temporary
diff --git a/wildtest.c b/wildtest.c
--- a/wildtest.c
+++ b/wildtest.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ int fnmatch_errors = 0;
 #endif
 
 int wildmatch_errors = 0;
+int ignore_case = 0;
 
 typedef char bool;
 
diff -up a/rsync.1 b/rsync.1
--- a/rsync.1
+++ b/rsync.1
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a
      \-\-files\-from=FILE       read list of source\-file names from FILE
  \-0, \-\-from0                 all *from/filter files are delimited by 0s
  \-s, \-\-protect\-args          no space\-splitting; wildcard chars only
+     \-\-ignore\-case           ignore case when comparing filenames
      \-\-address=ADDRESS       bind address for outgoing socket to daemon
      \-\-port=PORT             specify double\-colon alternate port number
      \-\-sockopts=OPTIONS      specify custom TCP options
@@ -1746,6 +1747,11 @@ side will also be translated
 from the local to the remote character\-set.  The translation happens before
 wild\-cards are expanded.  See also the \fB\-\-files\-from\fP option.
 .IP 
+.IP "\fB\-\-ignore\-case\fP"
+This option tells rsync to ignore upper\-/lower\-case
+differences when comparing filenames.  This can avoid problems when sending
+files to a filesystem that ignores these differences.
+.IP 
 .IP "\fB\-T, \-\-temp\-dir=DIR\fP"
 This option instructs rsync to use DIR as a
 scratch directory when creating temporary copies of the files transferred
